HELP. Blue screen of death....

Mado

Help Please,

I'm not terribly techie with PCs.
At the moment, my PC crashes regurlaly.
Sudden blue screen of death and sometimes terrible difficulties re-booting.
I have used my CC cleaner, checked for spy ware(found none) and use AVG anti virus.
I tried defragmenting but PC said not needed.

I assume I have picked up some nasty virus.

What are my options before it dies completely?

Thanks

totalsolutions

1 Overheating, check cooling fans and clean, etc.
2. Memory. Have you added any memory lately? Re-seat memory modules.
3. Run a memory scan.
4. Hard drive failing.
5. Backup data.

Mado

totalsolutions wrote: »

1 Overheating, check cooling fans and clean, etc. No.It sometimes fails within minutes of cold start...
2. Memory. Have you added any memory lately? Re-seat memory modules.No. Don't fiddle with memory
3. Run a memory scan.How do I do that?
4. Hard drive failing.That's a possibility...
5. Backup data.

Thanks!
I need more CDs... I have loads of DVDs but I must be completely dumb because I can't save my photos on them...:sad:

TechTerry

have you installed any new hardware/drivers?

does it only happen when you do a certain thing?

totalsolutions

1. AMD processors or Intel pro. heat up very fast.
2. Worth a fiddle
3. Download memtest and run from a floppy (or cd) http://memtest.org/
4. Does it have its own (failing) cooling fan, Is is too warm? A must have prog. called "Spinrite" from www.grc.com good for testing, file recovery and restoring drives, worth every penny.
5. Always the way.

6. Hard drive full/swap file/Low memory

Mado

TechTerry wrote: »

have you installed any new hardware/drivers?

does it only happen when you do a certain thing?

No.

It happens mostly when on-line. But then I am almost always on-line when using the PC.

tomsolomon

Could be a great number of reasons for this. If you haven't recently upgraded any software or hardware, the first thing to check would probably be the memory.

Tinuel

Video card could also be one of the culprits!!

tom9980

Do not underestimate dust recently my OH pc was crashing a lot so i gave the inside a good clean some dust had gathered on the graphics card heatsink and was causing it to overheat, the offending PC hasnt crashed once in the week since.

Mado

tom9980 wrote: »

Do not underestimate dust recently my OH pc was crashing a lot so i gave the inside a good clean some dust had gathered on the graphics card heatsink and was causing it to overheat, the offending PC hasnt crashed once in the week since.

....:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
That is a real possibility actually.
Sorry to be daft, but do I just hoover from the fan opening or do I need to open it?:eek:

tomsolomon

:eek:Vacum cleaner:eek:
No No NO lol
Get a can of compressed air and blow the dust out.